Watch holder



H. BAMBERGER April 28, 1925.

WATCH HOLDER Filed Feb. 28, 1924 ATTORNEY6 Patented Apr. 28, 1925.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY BAMBERGER, O-F NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO NEWARK WATCH CASE MATERIAL COMPANY, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

WATCH. HOLDER.

Application filed February 28, 1924. Serial No. 695,616.

I '0 all whom zit may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY BAMBERGER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have made and invented certain new and useful Improvements in Watch Holders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a watch holder.

An object of the invention is to provide a simple, strong, compact holder of a minimum number of parts to firmly support a watch and be capable of very quick and easy assembly and disassembly.

Another object is to provide a simple construction whereby the holder can be mounted on a bracket for adjustment and support anywhere.

The invention is illustrated in the drawings, of which Figure 1 is a vertical trans verse section through the holder;

Figure 2 is a perspective showing the front of the holder with the watch removed;

Figure 3 shows a rear perspective of the watch holder; and

Figure 1 is a detail of the bracket member.

In general the invention includes a pair of nested sections of different depths which when so nested provide a chamber to receive a watch. These sections are flanged and when nested these flanges abut to space them. The sections are apertured and aligned to receive the ends of a bracket bar one end of which is movable to permit its disengagement. The bar thus acts to hold the sections together and also to hold them on the bracket; functioning as a latch.

In the preferred form of the invention shown in the drawings the holder comprises cup-shaped front and rear sections 1 and 2 provided with flanges 3 and 1, which sections are of different depths and adapted-to be nested to form a chamber 5 to snugly receive a watch 6. The stem 8 of the watch 6 extends through an aperture 7 in the front sec tion. The front section is likewise cut away to exhibit the watch face 9.

Along opposite sides of the cup-shaped sections they are provided with to-be-aligned apertures 10, 11, 12 and 18. The apertures 12 and 13 are non-circular and adapted when aligned to receive the non-circular end 14 of a bar 15 which extends across to apertures and 11. The other end 16 of the bar is separate and slidable against the action of a spring 17. This end 16 projects into the apertures 10 and 11 and can be depressed to remove from the apertures whereby the bar 15 can be removed to permit the separation of the sections. The flanges 3 and 4. abut and permit the definite spacing of the bottoms 18 and 19 of the sections from each other to snugly receive the watch.

A strap plate 20 embraces the bar 15 and its free ends project into a slot 21 in a bracket arm 22. A bolt 23 and nut 24 fasten the arm and strap. swivelly together. The other end of the arm 22 is spread to adapt it for fastening on any suitable surface such as an automobile instrument board, a'wall, a desk, or the like.

To assemble the device, insert watch in front section 1 with stem 8 projecting through hole 7 and face of watch presented to cut away portion of section. Then nest the rear section 2 on the front section with the flanges 3 and't abutting and with the apertures 10, 11, 12 and 13 aligned. The bottoms 18 and 19 are designed to thus be spaced apart just the right distance to snugly receive the watch.

The ends of the bar 15 are inserted into apertures 10, 11, 12, 13 with the proper ends in the proper apertures. The depressible end of the bar has to be depressed to allow it to clear the inner edge of the rear section.

Because of the swivel action of the strap on the bar and of the bracket arm on the strap a very wide range of movement is pos sible.

To disassemble the device, merely depress the movable end of the bar 15, whereupon the bar can be removed and the sections can be separated, thus freeing the watch. The bar 15 thus not only connects the sections to the bracket but also holds them together, acting as a latching means.

Having thus described and explained my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. A watch holder which comprises front and rear flanged cup-shaped sections of different depths adapted to nest one within the other to form a watch-receiving chamber therebetween with the flanges abutting, a bracket member, and latching means on the bracket member to engage said sections {)0 hold them together and on said mem- 2. A watch holder which comprises spaced front and: rear sections, a bracket memberyancl latchmg'means on sald memher to engage sald sections to hold them together and to said member.

3. Awatchholder which comprises a pair means on said-member and extending into said apertures to hold the sections together and on SalCl bracket.

4'. Azwatch holder whiclrcomprises front and rear sections provided with apertures to be aligned, a bar extending between said apertures with its endsextending thereinto to hold'the Sections -.together, an" end of the barbeing movable to disengage it from theaperture.

5. Awatch holde1' which comprises front and rear sections provided with-apertures to be aligned, a bar extending between said apertures withits ends extending thereinto to hold'the sections "together, an end ofthe bar being movable to disengageit from the aperture, and abracket member swivelly connected to said bar.

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6. A-watch holder which comprises a pair of nested cup-shaped flanged sections with fianges'abu-tting and-spacedapart to receive -a-watch therewithin, one of said sections be- 'lng prov'ldedwlth an opemng to exhlbit a A watchface, said sections providedwith a plurality of to-be-aligned apertures, a bar extending across and into said apertures at its ends to hold the sections together, one end of the bar and the aperture into which it extends being non-circular, the other end of the bar being depressible to disengage it. from the aperture with which itis engaged.

7. A watch holder which comprises a pair of nested cup-shaped flanged sections with flanges abutting and spaced apart to receive a Watch therewithin, one of said sections being provided with anopening to exhibit a watch face, said sections provided with a plurality of to-be-aligned apertures, a bar extending across and into said apertures at its ends to hold the sections together, one end of the bar and theaperture into which it extends being nonecircular, the *other end of the bar being depressible to disengage it: from the aperture with which it is engaged, aistrapencircling said bar for frictional movement .therearound, and a bracket arm swivelly connected to "the strap.

Signed at New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county of New York and State of New York, this 26thdayl of February, A. D. 1924.

HENRY BAMBERGER.

Witnesses A. M; LINDENSTRUTH, ANN V; WALsH. 

